I wanted to send something that makes me happy, but I saved it for another time and sent something more serious instead.

13 hours ago, danG said:

19, 34, 38 are up for grabs

Can I have 38?

15 minutes ago, Qween said:

Can I have 38?

FINALLY Scotland 1 is picked

no Scotland no party indeed

9 minutes ago, danG said:

FINALLY Scotland 1 is picked

no Scotland no party indeed

I'll take whatever is left if it's not too late x

27 minutes ago, Lindsey. said:

I'll take whatever is left if it's not too late x

you've got a choice of 19 or 34!

29 minutes ago, danG said:

you've got a choice of 19 or 34!

19 please

10 minutes ago, Lindsey. said:

19 please

I really hope we can squeeze in one more country for a full house!

@danG I've reconfirmed but had to submit a new form as there wasn't an edit function

I have a few discoveries in mind for our entry, will 100% be a very different type of entry than we’ve ever sent before that’s for sure!

I’ve spent quite a long time looking and decided to give up trying to find something I like. I’m just going to send something that sounds (to my uneducated self on Paraguay’s music scene) like something modern but with traditional influences that I could imagine listening to in a bar or by a pool there

Out of interest though, is there a way of searching for acts from a specific country on Spotify or other sites that I’m not aware of? I’ve just been using google so far

try Discogs!

Just now, dandy* said:

Out of interest though, is there a way of searching for acts from a specific country on Spotify or other sites that I’m not aware of? I’ve just been using google so far

I was actually just gonna say - I just recently discovered the beauty of using rateyourmusic.com for this! If you click on 'charts' (nothing to do with music charts, it just creates a chart for you!) at the top (not sure if you need an account for this, I made one just recently), you can look for music based on things like country, decade / years, genre, whether it's more 'popular' or more 'esoteric' (less well-known) etc. It's really good!

I literally looked up combinations like 'less well-known albums by artists from Colombia from X decade'.

Thanks both, that’s really helpful ☺️

So who's going to claim Egypt to send the Mo Salah song then... @Rooney or @Steve201 it could be you!

15 minutes ago, dandy* said:

Thanks both, that’s really helpful ☺️

Now my curious ass got curious so I looked up 'esoteric albums of all time from Paraguay' and got 293 results, including some progressive rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic folk, indie pop, EDM, shoegaze, future funk (never heard that one before!), electropop, etc.

And more death metal of course.

1 hour ago, matto said:

I was actually just gonna say - I just recently discovered the beauty of using rateyourmusic.com for this! If you click on 'charts' (nothing to do with music charts, it just creates a chart for you!) at the top (not sure if you need an account for this, I made one just recently), you can look for music based on things like country, decade / years, genre, whether it's more 'popular' or more 'esoteric' (less well-known) etc. It's really good!

I literally looked up combinations like 'less well-known albums by artists from Colombia from X decade'.

I actually cannot that this method helped me unearth a "nightcore / dance-pop" artist called Khadija Jannar from Saudi Arabia and I was excited to listen.

Until I dug a little deeper and it's just a parody of Kylie Jenner.

21 minutes ago, RobBot said:

I actually cannot that this method helped me unearth a "nightcore / dance-pop" artist called Khadija Jannar from Saudi Arabia and I was excited to listen.

Until I dug a little deeper and it's just a parody of Kylie Jenner.

Omg how iconic